Trump signs $1.4-trillion spending package, averting a holiday shutdown

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Included in the package were bills on security-related measures, domestic programs and foreign aid as well as a collection of tax breaks, healthcare legislation and more.

totaling $1.4 trillion on Friday night, preventing another year-end government shutdown with an hour and a half to spare.Unlike the 35-day shutdown that ended in January, another lapse would have affected every federal agency. The 12 spending bills for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2020, were bundled into two separate packages, one carrying security-related measures and another containing domestic programs and foreign aid as well as a collection of tax breaks, healthcare legislation and more.

Trump’s signatures on the fiscal 2020 spending bills end months of back-and-forth between Republicans and Democrats over how best to divvy up this year’s discretionary funding and solve problematic issues such as border wall spending — a topic many feared could lead to another shutdown.

 

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Man that's an ugly man!

And it's all social security's fault

American’s are fine with no Trump 🇺🇸

Trump at it again wasting taxpayers money....he should use his own money to fund it since he doesn’t pay his taxes.

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